I got one. An 11. I can’t believe I’m saying this. But I bought it from carvana. Not a bad price It’s been a delight. But I need to do the lightbar and led conversion on rear lamps
I had a diesel 9-5 with even more miles on the clock. Eventually, I sold it, and within 3 weeks, the new owner received a speeding ticket. It still went like a train after 17 years. Quick, comfortable, and economical.
Early 2012 Saab went belly up. I own a 9-5 like this one and love it. In 2014 NEVS owned Saab and made about 420 Saab 9-3’s were in Trollhättan. After that it was more or less done. The NEVS 9-3 has the same engine as the 4 cil version of the 9-5 (220bhp) and was only available in black and silver.
Sorry to correct, but no NEVS vehicle ever had a combustion engine. GM would not allow it per a ruling in international court when all the Saab mechanical patents were sealed. All NEVS are fully electric, that's the EV part.
Reminder that Saab would've dug themselves into the ground long before GM did. The only reason Saab survived for as long as it did is because GM funded it.
GM could have learned a lot from Saab to not make their cars so crappy, but they value profit margins more than making a car to be as good as it can be. When this car was made GM was making some of the worst quality vehicles ever but this thing still looks premium.
To their credit, Saabs are not nearly as much of a GM product as Pontiac and Saturn. If anything, perhaps more in common with the GM Vauxhall products of Europe, but the Saab engineers were notorious for being instructed by GM HQ to build their cars on Vauxhall platforms and then going rogue building the closest thing to a "real" or pre-GM Saab from the ground up, always with the highest safety and innovative quality standards they could achieve with GM breathing down their necks to cut corners and costs. In the end, that along with the global economic crisis caused by the greedy US stock exchange and mortgage scams (watch "The Great Short") drove one of the greatest automakers into oblivion. Quite a shame and glad I still own my 6sp manual 9-3 convertible which is the most fun car I've ever owned.
Interesting, that little hum hum hum you did to yourself as you exited the car, is near exactly the same hum hum hum I do to myself in similar situations.
I have one and it’s my daily driver. The body looks so sexy particularly from the back (those curves). The problem I’m having is getting parts for it but it still looks modern to me. Having a really hard time getting a windshield right now
Det car is still the best car in the world to drive to travel on long distance I hav now Mercedes E clas and it is peace of skit on the long distance travel and yes det ismore advanced technology in Mercedes but saab is just a king
I had to replace mine at 175k miles. The timing chain broke. I was really good on oil changes. I was a lie to find a brand new 2.0t petrol engine (came with a new turbo too) for $3200. They’ve since jacked it up to $5k tho lol
That car still looks sexy in 2024. And the Aero version feels like a 2024 car, except for the fact that (thanks God) it doesn't have those cheap plastics and made-in-China tablets everywhere
I have one. I drive it more than my Range Rover. Drives like a brand new car I have 170k on the engine. Wouldn’t sale it for 30k. Feels like a mini airplane ✈️
